The 'gas'-lighting has to end: Biden inherited oil woes | What if I were on 'NewsNight' Monday night?

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of Trump's oil production decisions on current inflation and features a segment imagining a news appearance.

PLUS: Scott Soracco is a "fighting fifty" Democrat filling an empty ballot slot - but he's aiming to win, JD Vance's poll numbers are on (not in) the couch and GA gubernatorial talk. I've said for years now, the spike in oil and gas prices, and subsequently everything we bought & paid for while Joe Biden wa sin office, was due in large part to one key decision then-President Donald Trump made in 2020. See, then, in April of 2020, while we were all sheltering-in-place and not filling gas tanks, the oil industry was cratering. Many industries were, as you recall, but precious oil had to survive, right? So Trump needled OPEC nations to agree to throttle back production - for two years! (Gift NYT link; enjoy!) That deal lasted through April of 2022, long after his J6 tantrum and exit. Wouldn't you know, inflation only began cooling a month after that deal expired? I revisit this because it's time for Democrats to start reminding people of that deal and to pour cold water on the gaslighting the GOP has gotten away with (and still trots out!) that Trump somehow inherited an affordability crisis when in fact, he sparked it! Once I got that off my chest, I decided to play…

People in this episode

Host: Ron Roberts

Guest: Scott Soracco

Topics covered

• oil prices
• political commentary
• Biden administration
• Trump policies
• inflation
• Georgia politics

Keywords

• oil prices
• inflation
• Trump
• Biden
• Scott Soracco
• Georgia politics
• OPEC
• NewsNight

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OPEC, NewsNight, New York Times

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